Luxxu Modern
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Alabaster, Marble, Brass, Gold Plate
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Table Lamps
Brass, Gold Plate
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Crystal, Gold Plate, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Crystal, Gold Plate, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Crystal, Gold Plate, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Crystal, Brass, Gold Plate
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Crystal, Brass, Gold Plate
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Crystal, Gold Plate, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Crystal, Brass, Gold Plate
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Crystal, Gold Plate, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Crystal, Brass, Gold Plate
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Crystal, Gold Plate, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Crystal, Gold Plate, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Crystal, Brass, Gold Plate
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Stone, Crystal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Velvet, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Stone, Crystal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Stone, Crystal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Crystal, Gold Plate, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Armchairs
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Swivel Chairs
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Stools
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Crystal, Gold Plate, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dining Room Tables
Marble, Stainless Steel, Nickel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Office Chairs and Desk C...
Velvet, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Crystal, Gold Plate, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Crystal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sofas
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Center Tables
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Center Tables
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Cabinets
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sofas
Synthetic, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Center Tables
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dining Room Tables
Wood, Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dining Room Tables
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Armchairs
Wood, Velvet
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Night Stands
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Swivel Chairs
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Cabinets
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Cabinets
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Crystal, Gold Plate, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Crystal, Gold Plate, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Gold Plate, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Crystal, Gold Plate, Brass
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A Close Look at Modern Furniture
The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”
Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.
Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair — crafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.
It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.